[ale] Xandros Open Circulation

[Preston Boyington]

Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> After last night's Lindows install, I'm intrigued.  For those who
> weren't there, at last night's ALE Central meeting we ran through an
> install of Lindows.  I think we all agreed it was very slick.  I think
> the install was the easiest and smoothest I've ever seen (with the
> possible exception of Caldera which presented you with tetris
> during the
> install so you wouldn't get bored).
> 
> Maybe I'll give xandros a fling.  The free version looks
> pretty good for
> a home user.  Only two things are disabled:
> 1. CD burning speed in Xandros File Manager is limited to the minimum
> burning speed of your CD burner.
> 2. The Open Circulation Edition does not include CodeWeavers
> CrossOver Office or Plugin 
> 
> Michael

i wonder how changing the apt sources would affect the system?

i would think that installing k3b would clear up the burner issue and maybe running a CVS wine could do the other.

i will have to give it a try.